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Too late
to enter combat 44-83735 was sold to Philippine Airlines. the plane was
converted to a VIP transport with executive interior and named San Miguel.
It was regularly used on flights from Manila to San Francisco during 1948
and 1949. In 1949 it was purchased by the Assemblies of God and renamed
Ambassador II. It visited 38 nations as a missionary transport from 1949
to 1951. The plane then joined a fleet of other B-17s operated by the Institute
Geographique National in 1952. It was used as a aerial survey aircraft
until February 1972.
Purchased
by a Duxford preservation group it arrived in England in 1975. It was used
for spare parts on Sally B until 1978 when it was sold to the Imperial
War Museum. A long restoration began that year. All the military equipment
had been removed during it long civil life and a row passenger windows
had to be removed. After acquiring and manufacturing missing parts, Mary
Alice represents one of the finest museum restorations.
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